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Yeah, it wasn't very good advice. Just another point of view. If you get a track bike, no reason why you couldn't plate it and run it on the street as well. But it would suck if that was your only motorcycle. If I were to do it again, I'd probably do the same again. I got to ride some pretty...

Nice! Have a safe and fun ride!

LOL. Yeah, now I do. :rolleyes: You joke, but I often find myself wondering how and why I've fallen into old habits again. It's been 6 years since we dropped anchor and the acquisition game crept up on me very slowly. Part of it is that sedentary lifestyle. At first it was a convenience...

Yeah, that alpha drive is definitely a young person's game. When we sold up and lived on the road with nothing but whatever we could carry, there was an incredible freeing up of mental real estate. Considerable time and resources are involved with owning lots of physical possessions. After you...

Nice! Weather was perfect that day as well! If you would have run that route in reverse, we could have have met you on the slab back to Toronto!

Track days is like gambling. If you can't afford to lose it, don't come to the tables with it. Lots of high-value machines at DOCC events and at private tracks like Area 27. At my last track day, *average* price of the track bikes around me was ~$30K after all the mods put into them. Some...

Lots of great twisty roads up in that area. A more relaxed timeline should give you ample opportunity to explore!

I don't care about what all those SOAR guys say about you, you're ok in my books!

I think I know what the issue is here. Clarification: I used to have a track bike. It had pretty good suspension and brakes and was dialed in for my height and weight and riding style. This bike was sold stock from the factory as a single-seater and had no passenger pegs. It had a built-in...

:) Slightly more money than brains here. Which, if you know me is not a hard state to achieve. 🤪

When we rode through Baja Mexico, it was almost a cliche how many recently divorced middle-aged guys there were, hanging out at the bars, easy pickin's to be the next sugar daddy for some local mamacita. So many songs about exactly that. Jimmy Buffett's "Maragaritaville": Nibblin' on sponge...

Yep, I expected it. Cost is not an issue to me, if I buy a sportbike, I want to take it out on the track. If I crash it, I'll fix it. Why buy a sportbike just to ride it on the street? Buy a sportbike with good components, set it up for your weight and riding style, and then track it. Not...

I don't think it's an issue for the typical Porsche driver, as most of them carry the official Porsche toolkit with them in the car at all times:

This is such a common story. We've lived in a few places for months to years at time, Thailand, Mexico, Colombia, South Africa. Seen so many ex-pats move to a lower cost-of-living country thinking it's just going to be like home, except cheaper. Based all their research on a two-week vacation...

Oh man, that looks amazing! I wanna try that soup! I order tripe with my soup all the time at my local Viet place. I must be 25% Pho-lack...

If trunk space is a criteria, check out the Boxster, you get two (!) trunks. And the engine is mounted right behind your ears for maximum aural pleasure! Probably some very good examples out there for $50K.

This is going to be the least common answer, and I'll probably get a lot of criticism about it. I tracked my streetbike. For years. I never got a dedicated trackbike. I did between 6-12 track days a year depending on our travel schedule, but I couldn't bear the thought of having a bike that...

If he goes 4 times, is he a full Pole? Or does he just need to eat 4 times more than what he did? I wasn't aware Polarization was such a precise science...

Pics of pierogi or it didn't happen!

For sure, looks like I am back every summer, so anytime you're ready! :D